Fetal sex pairing and adverse perinatal outcomes in twin gestations

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 7-12

  Mulla, Zuber D ^a,b   Plavsic, Sanja Kupesic ^a   Ortiz, Melchor ^a   Nuwayhid, Bahij S ^a   Ananth, Cande V ^c  

^a Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Columbia University Medical Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal sex pairing; Infant outcomes; Twin gestations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; FETAL SEX PAIRING; FETUS; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LENGTH OF STAY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; RISK FACTOR; SEX DETERMINATION; TWIN PREGNANCY;

BREECH PRESENTATION; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, TWIN; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TEXAS; TWINS;

EID: 84870813046     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2012.10.003     Document Type: Article

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